Hand-measurer for gloves



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T. 0. DE LISLE. HAND MBASURER FOR GLOVES.

No. 587,940. Patented Aug. 10,1897.

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HAND MBASURER FOR GLOVES.

No. 587,940. Patented Aug. 10,1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC THOMAS C. DE LISLE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

HAND-MEASURER FOR GLOVES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 587,940, dated August 10, 1897.

Application filed September 21, 1896. Serial No. 606,525. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS C. DE LIsLE, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented an Improvement in I-Iand-Measurers for Gloves; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to measuring instruments; and its object is to provide a simple, accurate, and readily operated device by which the measurements of the hand may be taken for the purpose of glove-fitting.

My invention consists in an expansible and contractible measuring-loop adapted to receive the hand, and it also consists in the novel details of the construction of said loop .whereby it is readily adapted to receive the hand and to determine or indicate what may be termed its girth-measure.

My invention also consists, in connection with an expansible and contractible loop for receiving the hand and taking its girth-measure, of a measuring-plate for determining the length of the fingers, and it finally consists, in connection with the measuring-loop, of the novel adjustable finger-measuring plate, which I shall hereinafter fully describe.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device. Fig. 2 is a top view. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section.

A is a suitable stand. From this rise two standards B, on which are fitted sliding sleeves 0, one on each standard, said sleeves carrying a cross-bar D between them. To a cross-plate E on this bar is secured one end of a measuring band or tape F, which said band or tape thence extends in somewhat of an elliptical curve down to'and under a suitable guide in the top of stand A, and thence up in a similar curve on the other side to and freely over the cross-plate E and down around the first side and through an aperture in the stand, and its extremity is firmly secured to a drum Gr within the stand, said drum being mounted upon a turnable shaft II, the end of which projects from one end of the stand and is provided with a small hand-wheel h for rotating it. The center of cross-bar D is cut out to provide a sight-aperture (Z, through I which the measuring-marks on the tape F may be seen and read accurately by means of an indicating-wire cl.

Upon stand A is mounted and adapted to slide a measuring-plate I, having its face suitably marked in inches and fractions thereof. This plate also serves as the guide under which the folds of the measuring-tape F pass.

The plate I is fitted with a vertically-disposed adjusting-lug J, the shank j of which passes through the plate and plays in an elongated slot a, in the stand-top and extends down through said top and through a sliding guide-plate K underneath and is secured by a cross-pin it. Springs L serve to hold the plate I back to its normal or initial position.

The operation of the device is as follows: The hand to be measured is represented in dotted lines by M. The fingers are inserted in the elliptical loop formed by the measuring-tape, and they pass on each side of the adjusting-lug J, the latter fitting close up against the crotch of the fingers, and the longer fingers thus lie upon the measuringplate I. The thumb remains outside the tapeloop and diverges behind one of the standards B. Now the hand is pressed forward until the tape-loop encircles the palm and back of the hand in approximately the plane of the base of the thumb. In this movement the crotch of the fingers acting against the adj usting-lug J slides the plate I forward, so that said plate does not interfere with the projection of the hand far enough into the tape-loop for the measurement to be taken in the required plane, and at the same time by this sliding spring'controlled movement of said measuring-plate accuracy in the fingermeasnrement is insured for all hands, no matter what may be their differences in proportions. Now the hand-wheel h is turned, whereby the shaft II and drum G are turned and the tape-loop F is tightened about the hand and draws the cross-bar D down upon the hand, thus causing the tape to accurately encircle it. The measure of the hand-girth is then read through the sight-aperture cl on the tape F and the measure of the fingers is read on the plate I. By turning the drum Gr back again the tape-loop is loosened, and

either by separatesprings controlling the cross-bar D or by reason of the fact that the tape F itself is preferably made of spring metal the cross-bar will rise again and the hand can be readily withdrawn and the measuring-plate I will return under the influence of its springs to its initial position.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new,'and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In ameasurer for gloves,aresilient measuring-tape arranged in loop form, having one end connected with means for winding it and the opposite end connected with a movable device which is drawn down upon the hand simultaneously with the winding ofthe tape and the contracting of its loop.

2. In a hand-measurer for gloves, a resilient measuring-tape arranged in loop form having one end connected with a windingdrum and the opposite end connected with a bar or plate which is drawn down upon the hand simultaneously with the winding of the tape, and is elevated again by the resiliency of the tape and the unwinding'thereof.

3. A hand-measurer for gloves, consisting of a resilient measuring-loop, formed of a measuring-tape and adapted to receive the hand, means connected with one end of the tape for winding it, a bar connected with the opposite end of said tape and movable down uponthe hand during the winding of the tape, and automatically raised by the resiliency of said tape, and the unwinding thereof, and a measuring plate or surface upon which the fingers lie when the hand is fitted in the loop.

4. A hand-measurer for gloves consisting of a loop formed of a resilient measuring-tape and adapted to receive the hand, means connected with one portion of the tape for increasing and decreasing the area of the loop, a bar connected with an opposite portion of the tape, and movable therewith, toward and from the hand, and a spring-controlled slidable measuring-plate upon which the fingers lie, having a lug adapted to be engaged by the finger-crotch whereby the measuring-plate is adjusted by the projection of the hand to the proper place in the loop.

5. In a hand-measurer for gloves, a measuring-loop formed of a measuring-tape having oneof its extremities secured to a means by which said loop may be expanded and contracted, in combination with a bar to which the other extremity of the tape is secured, said bar having a sight-aperture through which the tape-markings may be read.

6. In a hand-measurer for gloves, a measuring-loop formed of a measuring-tape, bent upon itself and adapted to be expanded and contracted, in combination with a bar to which one end of the tape is secured, said bar havin g a sight-aperture through which the marking on the tape may be read, and a rotatable shaft with a drum, to which the other end of said tape is secured.

7 In a hand-measurer for gloves, the combination of a movable bar, a measuring-tape formed into a loop and having one end secured to said bar, and a means to which the other end of said tape is secured whereby the loop may be expanded and contracted and the bar drawn down upon the hand and relieved therefrom.

8. In a hand-measurer for gloves, the combination of a movable bar having a sight-ap erture, a measuring-tape formed into a loop passing under the sight-aperture whereby its markings may be read, said tape having one end secured to said bar and a means to which the other end of said tape is secured whereby the loop may be expanded and contracted and the bar drawn down upon the hand and relieved therefrom.

9. A hand-measurer. for gloves, consisting of a stand having standards, a movable crossbar fitted to said standards and having a. sight-aperture, aloop formed of a measuring tape passing under the sight-aperture and having one of its ends secured to said bar, a rotatable shaft in the stand having a drum to which the other end of the loop is secured whereby said loop may be expanded and contracted and the cross-bar drawn down upon the hand, a sliding spring-controlled measuring-plate on the stand and serving as a guide for the measuring-tape loop, and a lug on said plate adapted to be engaged by the fingers when the hand is inserted in the loop whereby said plate is adjusted to determine the finger measurement.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

THOMAS C. DE LISLE. Witnesses:

S. H. NOURSE, WM. F. BooTH. 

